The Board granted service connection for aortic aneurysm as a residual of the Veteran's service-connected kidney disability.
The deciding factor: The September 2022 VA examiner indicated that the Veteran's aortic aneurysm is a residual of his service-connected left kidney disability, meeting the criteria for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2024
- Citation
- 24032124
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, valvular heart disease (chest pain and cardiac valve stenosis), aortic aneurysm, and hypertension as these conditions were not found to be etiologically related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 15, 2022 for the award of service connection for aortic aneurysm as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for aortic aneurysm, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between the condition and his active-duty service. The claim for COPD was remanded for further development.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for aortic aneurysm, finding that it is at least as likely as not due to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
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